Assignment:
During the 1980s and 1990s, Colombia was wracked by a series of drug wars. At one point, Medellín became the murder and kidnapping capital of the world. Pablo Escobar was at the center of all this. When he first began exporting cocaine in large quantities to the United States, he argued that Colombia's government need not take notice since his "merchandise," as he called it, was for Americans. However, Escobar also trained a group of young assassins, known as sicarios, to settle scores with enemies. Further, he was selling low-grade cocaine, known as basuco, in his hometown. Further complicating the picture was the fact that Escobar provided services to residents of poor neighborhoods in Medellín known as comunas. He financed low-cost housing, local soccer teams and funerals among other things. Comuna residents realized they could satisfy community needs more effectively by asking Escobar than the municipal government, which ignored them.
Response the below:
Q1) How did Pablo Escobar's Medellín cartel corrupt Colombian society?
Q2) What exactly did Escobar want?
Q3) Why was it so difficult for Colombian authorities to imprison Escobar and uproot his organization?
Q4) What finally allowed Colombia's authorities to kill Escobar?